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Getting Started Teaching & Learning Now and Through the Semester
Getting Started with Teaching and Learning is offered to bring together educators new to MSU from across campus to explore and exchange ideas about quality and inclusive teaching, as well as find community among the large group of people who are engaged in the important work of creating the best learning environments possible for our students. The focus is to assist educators in developing practical materials that are needed for immediate use in their teaching and to best prepare them for their courses and work with students.

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I just heard about the idea of "enduring understandings" and thought I'd share some resources that have been helpful. This website from the Pedagogy Resources at the University of Alaska Fairbank (UAF) has lots of great info! From a brief explanation of the concept to applying the ideas in your course (including considerations for online) - I'm excited to think more about what this looks like in my day-to-day.
https://iteachu.uaf.edu/enduring-understandings/
Attached below is the UAF Understanding by Design Tree, a tool to help in planning your course as a way to help identify what you expect students to get out of the course and how those “results” will be distributed between assignments and scaffolded through course content.
If you want to make sure your course is aligned across objectives, instructional approaches, activities, assessments, etc. (alignment is good - it helps students see the "why" of class experiences and requirements), the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Center for Teaching and Learning has a great "Course Alignment Worksheet"!
Research shows that diversity makes us smarter. Designing an inclusive classroom that allows students to share differing opinions in a brave space where people are treated with dignity can result in good learning outcomes for all. Conflict is a natural part of learning, and differences of opinion expressed in appropriate ways allow everyone to grow. An inclusive classroom allows the instructor to manage conflict in a way that harnesses differences so that they serve as learning opportunities for all.
Click the attachment below for some key elements to consider when designing an inclusive classroom.
SOURCE: MSU Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives
DID YOU KNOW...
Information on the University’s Anti-Discrimination Policy and how to file a complaint regarding discrimination and/or harassment can be found at:
http://www.oie.msu.edu/
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The Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching and Learning (CIRTL) offers Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) designed to provide STEM educators with evidence-based strategies they can employ to improve their teaching as well as effectively conduct teaching as research projects.
learn more here: https://www.stemteachingcourse.org/
DID YOU KNOW...
MSU offers a STEM Teaching Essentials workshop series, which is focused on helping current, new, and future (post-docs and graduate students) STEM faculty and academic staff develop their instructional practices. MSU faculty lead these lunchtime workshops that explore essential topics in teaching and learning. The series is sponsored by the Colleges of Natural Science, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Engineering, and Lyman Briggs College. Links to video recordings of the workshops are provided for sessions beginning in 2012-2013.
To learn more visit: https://teachingessentials.msu.edu/
MSU's Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives hosts "Learn at Lunch"!
Held monthly during the academic year, the Learn at Lunch series presents informal seminars on a variety of topics related to inclusion, social justice and equity. Everyone is welcome to bring their lunch and join the conversation.
The Learn at Lunch series is sponsored in collaboration with the Academic Advancement Network, the Office of the Associate Provost for Undergraduate Education, the Graduate School and MSU Libraries. The sessions bring important topics related to inclusive teaching to the campus community, with a focus on presenting best practices and fostering dialogue in an effort to build inclusive communities.
Check-in here for the schedule as more opportunities to Learn at Lunch are scheduled:
https://inclusion.msu.edu/education/learn-at-lunch.html
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